Starting Liver Proficiency from Alchemy

"This is a state of death that keeps recurring."

Above the clouds, the Daoguo realm cultivator close to Han Yi paused when he said this.

Then, he looked at the fragment of the Tower of Ashes in Han Yi's hand, pointed at it, and said with a wry smile: "I also have a fragment of the Ashes Suit in my hand, which should have been peeled off from the Ashes Spear. It was because of the abnormal movement of this fragment that it was brought here."

After saying this, the Daoguo realm cultivator became a little bored and stopped talking.

After hearing these words, Han Yi's heart gradually sank to the bottom of the valley, but he still patiently told the Dao Fruit Realm cultivator the information he had obtained from several Dao Realm cultivators outside.
After listening, Dao Guojing's face became even worse, because Han Yi's words did not contain what he wanted to hear. He calmed himself down, his face returned to normal, and then he stepped back a distance and returned to his original position.

As for Han Yi, after his expression changed, he calmed himself down.

He didn't expect that the shaking of the fragments of the Tower of Ashes, which led him into the fog, was actually a trap.

No, it can't be said to be a trap. There is indeed the inheritance of Ash Mountain here, and it is the real core inheritance. It's just that it is extremely difficult for outsiders to pass through.

Nearly sixty years have passed since the ruins were unearthed. All the cultivators who came in during this period, even the Heavenly Masters, have failed to pass. It is conceivable how extremely difficult it is.

You know, according to what the Daoguo Realm said just now, these tests are once every half an hour, 12 times a day, and sixty years, that is nearly 26 times. After so many attempts, it has not been cracked, proving that it is indeed a death realm.

He raised his head slightly and looked at the five Heavenly Masters scattered around. These Heavenly Masters had calm expressions and no emotions could be seen. To them, it was only sixty years, not a short time. Even if they were trapped here for six million years, they could remain calm and their Taoism hearts would not collapse.

What Han Yi heard from the outside world was that a total of three Heavenly Lords came in here. It seemed that the coming of the other two Heavenly Lords was unknown to outsiders.

He withdrew his gaze. He had no interest in the origins of these Heavenly Lords. His most urgent task was to find out what the assessment of the reincarnation world involved.

Just as he had this thought, the surrounding space and time began to change. All the other cultivators around him in the sky disappeared in an instant. Han Yi could not see anything unusual about their disappearance.

Han Yi was not surprised by this. Even the Heavenly Venerable could not escape here. It made sense to isolate all the cultivators coming in.

The next moment, he found that he seemed to have lost the ability to stay in the air and began to fall. The speed of this fall was not normal. It was more like there was a strong suction force pulling him down from below.

This extremely abrupt change lasted only for a moment before stopping.

Immediately.

His head buzzed and his vision went dark. When he came to his senses, he found himself in front of a valley.

At the same time, a loud voice echoed in his mind.

"Outsiders from Ash Mountain, this Demon Valley has 180,000 demons in it. Please enter quickly and strangle the demons."

"Violators will be killed!"

The murderous intent revealed by the word "behead" made Han Yi shiver all over. He had no doubt that if he stayed there for too long without making any move, he would be killed here next.

He walked forward at a fast pace. At the same time, his thoughts were flowing as he checked himself and found that everything on his body was intact.

He appeared here not as an incarnation of Taoism, and this was not an illusion, but a real world. If he was injured or died here, he would be really injured or even died.

"Is this the world of reincarnation?"

"Even if you complete the mission, you don't really pass the assessment, but return to where you came from?"

Han Yi felt awed and alert, paying close attention to everything around him, but he didn't see anything unusual.

Then, he stepped into the valley. Inside the valley, there were countless palaces located on both sides of the valley. The architectural style revealed a sense of evil.

In the words just now, it was mentioned that this was the Demon Valley and that there were demons inside. Han Yi had already expected this. Sure enough, what he saw coming in and out of the evil palace was an ancient demon who was cultivating his physical body.

When he stepped into the valley, he used Taoist magic to become invisible, so these ordinary ancient demons could not see him.

Han Yi quickly stole the aura from a nearby ancient demon, and then transformed the aura on his body into that of the ancient demon.

From the words of the Daoguo realm master before, he knew that in order to break the impasse, it was definitely not enough to simply use violence and complete the task, but it might require unearthing the secrets of the reincarnation world.

Of course, this was just his guess, and he planned to start the experiment from the first reincarnation world.

After he entered the valley, he found an opportunity to capture an ancient demon. This ancient demon was just an immortal and was easily controlled by him. He used soul techniques to check the memory of this ancient demon, and then threw it into his own spiritual world. Then he transformed himself into an ancient demon with the same appearance and the same aura as this ancient demon.

In the memory of this ancient demon, the ancient demon in the Demon Valley belonged to a branch of the Chaos Demon Clan. In this Demon Valley, there were 180,000 demons, most of whom were ancient demons below the Immortal Venerable level. In addition, there were 300 Immortal Venerables, 12 in the first step of the Dao Realm, and one in the Dao Fruit Realm.

This is the target he needs to eliminate in this mission.

Seeing this, Han Yi felt relieved. These tasks were common for other Dao Fruit Realm cultivators, and naturally easier for him.

What he was worried about before was that this mission would require him to challenge the Heavenly Lord. If that were the case, it would be tantamount to committing suicide.

However, thinking about the fact that after entering the ruins, high above the clouds, most of the Dao Realm, Heavenly Lords, and Immortal Lords were not seriously injured, this shows that these tasks can be completed. There may be twists and turns in the process, but there should be no danger to life.

After fully understanding the situation in the Demon Valley, Han Yi did not start to slay demons, but disguised himself as an ancient demon and explored the history of the valley. After some investigation and knowing everything clearly, he set up the Void Sword Realm, covering the entire valley and strangling the ancient demon.

For this Demon Valley, it was like the end of the world. When chaos descended, those below the level of Immortal Venerable had almost no power to resist and were crushed into powder and disappeared. Even those in the Dao Realm and Dao Fruit Realm could not stop Han Yi from using the Dao Sword of the Miro Xuanzhen Sword Classic.

In just a dozen breaths, the entire valley was in ruins except for Han Yi.

Afterwards, Han Yi did not plan to leave the valley, but prepared to overturn the valley and look for possible "hidden clues" in it.

But there was an irresistible force acting on him, and the space around him changed rapidly.

"1 demons exterminated, victory record +."

As the voice fell, a mysterious wave swept across his body. Then, Han Yi's eyes changed and he was back in the clouds.

Around him, figures gradually appeared, including the Heavenly Lord, the Dao Realm, and the Immortal Lord.

But his attention at this moment was all on the sound that had just been heard.

The sound indicated that he had strangled 180,000 demons, which was the same as the requirement at the beginning of the mission, proving that he had completed the mission and theoretically should have passed the assessment.

Furthermore, the mention of 'Record +1' further illustrates this point.

But in the end, he returned to the clouds again, and it seemed that he had not changed at all after passing the test. If the other Tianzun Dao Realm were like this, then theoretically they should have passed through countless reincarnation worlds long ago, and the most likely to have a record of more than 200,000.

But every time they come back here, proving that they have not passed the assessment.

This is the reason why the immortals who came here had their Tao hearts broken and were in despair.

Sudden.

Han Yi suddenly remembered something, and a golden light flashed in his eyes, but this was the cloud top, where there were many Heavenly Lords and external Taoist masters, so he did not dare to put his sudden idea into action.

After a few breaths, the Daoguo realm master who had been talking to him before suddenly appeared in front of him. The cuffs of his sleeves were torn, but his breath was still relatively steady. Although he was not injured, it would not be easy for him to deal with.

The Daoguo Realm looked towards him, approached him again, and said, "Daoyou, will you choose to complete the mission this time, or stay dormant?"

Han Yi replied: "I completed the mission this time. Before leaving the reincarnation world, I heard the sound of completing the mission."

The Daoguo Realm in front of him nodded to show his understanding, and he said in a deep voice:
"You completed the mission and should have heard your score increase by one. Normally, that should have proved that you passed the assessment, but in the end you still came back here, so it's considered a failure."

"The reason why I call the tests I've experienced the reincarnation world is because these tests are constantly changing. Every test you encounter is different, just like a world mission."

"Also, after completing the mission, although you are reminded to complete it and your achievement score is increased by one, there is no follow-up, as if something is missing."

Having said this, the Dao Realm paused, his eyes flickered, and he thought:
"I suspect that what is lacking is identity, because we are all outsiders, not monks from Ash Mountain. Therefore, even if we pass the assessment, it will be invalidated because of the wrong identity, and we will return to the starting point."

“This is how the mechanism of the reincarnation world was formed.”

“But Ash Mountain has been destroyed for countless chaotic eras. It is impossible for us to travel back in time and become monks of Ash Mountain. Therefore, this is an unsolvable situation.”

“That is why I call this world of reincarnation the realm of death.”

"The realm of death cannot be opened from the inside. It can only be broken from the outside. The only way now is to persevere and strive to survive in every reincarnation world."

When Dao Guojing came to this point, Han Yi suddenly frowned and asked:

"Fellow Daoist, do you know if we fail to complete the task during the assessment, will we also be kicked out?"

"My mission this time does not have a time limit. If I continue to lurk in the mission area but fail to complete the mission, what will be the consequences?"

Daoguojing explained: "There is no punishment. If you lurk during a mission and do nothing else, you will be forced out of the reincarnation world after a period of time and return here."

"This period of time may be ten years or a hundred years. But no matter how many years it is, when you return here, you will find that the time in the cloud is only a few minutes. After half an hour, we will be pulled into the reincarnation world again and asked to complete the task again. This cycle repeats itself over and over again."

This Dao Guo realm did not say whether he would be resurrected here if he was killed during the mission. Obviously, as a Dao realm being, it is impossible to attempt such a risk unless his Dao heart collapses.

Han Yi pointed downwards again. He was already in the clouds when he appeared. When he probed downwards just now, it was just like the previous time when he probed into the fog, there was no response.

"Fellow Daoist, do you know what is below? If I fall down, will it be possible to leave the fog?"

The Dao Guojing shook his head and said, "I have tried it too. There is no way to go through the clouds below. It is like an invisible wall. No matter how you attack, it is still the same."

"Where we are, except for the top, the front, back, left, right and bottom, there are all invisible walls. As for the high altitude, you also saw it last time. As soon as we rushed up, there were attacks. At the beginning, even several Heavenly Lords took action, but they were still shot down. These Heavenly Lords did not fight desperately, probably because they knew that if they fought desperately, they might really perish here."

After listening to this, Han Yi had a better understanding of this fog and the world of reincarnation.

And the thought in his mind just now seemed more and more likely to be a way out of the impasse.

But he didn't show it, instead he remained silent, thinking.

This time, no Immortal Lord collapsed, and even the only dozen or so Immortal Lords present did not act recklessly.

After the Daoguo realm cultivators returned to their original positions, Han Yi glanced around and counted the number of people. There were still five Heavenly Lords, and there were more than seven hundred Dao realm cultivators. The remaining Heavenly Lords and Immortal Lords were even fewer in number, only about a hundred.

Most cultivators below the Dao realm do not dare to set foot here, because it is too dangerous, and outside the fog, other areas of the ruins are enough for them to explore and gain.

He withdrew his gaze and began to sink his thoughts into his body, into the world of the central palace.

This divine world is equivalent to a small world, and it is a small starry sky world.

Deep in the starry sky world, in the void, a Taoist stele was floating there. This Taoist stele was the Chongxuan Taoist stele that he had obtained the last time he came into the Ashes Ruins.

The Taoist thought condensed into a spirit, standing in front of the Taoist stele, observing the incomplete or blurred words on the stele.

【Zhongxuan Dao Monument】

【Michiko*position】

[Gu Liefeng, combined*, record: 187*, 9 losses]

[Fifth Mountain, Hedao, Battle*, 1*3 wins, 10 losses]

……

This time, Han Yi's focus was on the word "battle record".

Because in the reincarnation world, after he destroyed the Demon Valley, he mentioned "battle record +1". He suspected that the "battle record" on this monument and the "battle record" after he completed the mission might have the same meaning.

If it means the same thing, then these Taoists on the Taoist stele should have completed similar tasks and obtained a record. Once they are on the list or ranked in the top few, or have achieved a certain number of records, they will be able to obtain the true inheritance and escape from this dead end.

And if, Han Yi imagined, if he also engraved his name on this monument, would he, in a sense, become a monk of Ash Mountain and no longer an outsider?

Then, if he passes through the reincarnation world as a monk from Ash Mountain, is it possible for him to truly inherit the "battle record" and no longer be invalid, and finally escape from the reincarnation world and even obtain inheritance?

This idea is really too shocking. If Han Yi had not experienced too many crises and was not calm enough, others might not be able to come up with it.

In a sense, this is cheating that spans countless chaotic eras.

But he thought he could give it a try. (End of this chapter)